Author: Philip Hazel Date: To: Viktor Griph CC: pcre-dev Subject: Re: [pcre-dev] PCRE 7.x fails compilation of patterns with optional
branches in branches
On Thu, 31 May 2007, Viktor Griph wrote:
> Patterns like /(.*(.)?)*/ will make pcre_match not terminate on a match.
When I tried this, it crashed - which is just as bad. :-(
> I've located the eerror to incorrect assumption that branch 1 might not be
> empty. The attached patch against v7.1 should fix the problem.
Thank you. I do so like it when a bug report comes with a fix attached.
I have committed a slightly modified version of your patch to the SVN.
It will therefore be in the next release.
Philip
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Philip Hazel, University of Cambridge Computing Service.
